Athletic Training Chat

On this episode we welcome a new host to the team, Greg Winkelman. Greg is a graduate student at UW-La Crosse and is just finishing up his first year. In this episode we talk to Greg about how he got into athletic training and ask him the ATChat 5 questing we ask every guest on the show. Greg has some great insight and is going to be doing a lot in the profession. We look forward to the interviews...

Coming Soon. Athletic Training Services can mean a lot of things to different people depending on what position you are looking at it. The definition of services is very different than just responding to every request, being told what to do and when you need to do it. In this short episode we talk about the difference and some ideas that you can implement to work as a service, not a servant. &nbsp...

Understanding what your users and customers need is important. It is the most important thing for President of Mueller Sports Medicine, John Cayer. We had the opportunity to sit down with John when we took our trip down to Mueller several weeks ago. John doesn’t have a traditional background in athletic training and sports medicine and has had an interesting journey to getting to where he is curre...

Anytime we take a trip down to Mueller Sports Medicine we have to make sure we get to talk to Richard Avis. Richard is always thinking up something new whether is comes to a new product or at least how to use a product in a different way that people hadn’t though of yet. This time we were there, Richard wanted to give us a primer on the Recoil tape, the duct tape of athletic training. This video/e...

When we kicked off ATChat there wasn’t much for Athletic Trainer podcasts and then there were several, another one right in Wisconsin. So we had to get together. In this episode we sit down with Chad and Kevan of the Candid Athletic Trainer podcast. We met up at Mueller Sports Medicine in the M Center to talk athletic training, how both of the podcasts got started and then we just let it go from t...

There are becoming an endless variety of settings for athletic trainers to work in. Coming up in a lot of young careers are the idea of working in Division I and the professional ranks. These goals are not bad in any regard but they may not always be what they think and there can be a misconception of working at other places that could provide just as unique and rewarding experiences. In this shor...

Emerging settings in athletic training continue to evolve and in some cases they have ‘emerged’ (listen to the episode). Cody Tesch is on the front end of one of those settings, fire services. Cody is one of a handful of full-time athletic trainers that are dedicated to the service and care of a city’s fire fighter services and the steps Cody has made and where things are going are set to make an...

A collaborative medical model is ideal in so many settings. It takes a lot to get it there though. Not only do you have to have the resources to make it happen you have to find the right people that want to work together. In this episode we get to talk to Joanne Kinyon, an athletic trainer, who works at Bishop O Dowd High School. While BOD is not your “typical” high school the model they have esta...

In this episode we get to talk to Jennifer Volberding who does a lot of everything at Oklahoma State University. Jen has done a lot in her athletic training career so far. She spent a significant amount of time in the clinical setting working with a variety of sports at different levels that gave her unique insight as she moved into her role as an educator. Jen is the program director of the maste...

Ryan Gaffney isn’t an athletic trainer but he does think the profession is one that deserves more attention and credit for what they bring to the table. We connected with Ryan after he tagged us in a post about ATCs in the industrial setting. Ryan played hockey in college and in juniors and had a couple great interactions with athletic trainers that helped him out through some pretty significant i...

Advocating for the athletic training is as important now as it has ever been. There have been several avenues that people have worked through in order to get the word out about athletic training and what the profession can do. In this episode we got to talk with Ryan Stevens, host of cATalyzing Podcast and Manager of Rehab Services (among other things) at RWJ Somerset and RWJ Hamilton hospitals. I...

Protecting our youth athletes isn't a simple task. With so many things going on and pressures from coaches coming from all directions to make sure that they are putting all their effort into that sport or that team. It is important for parents, coaches and others to look out for these athletes and make sure that we aren't overworking our young athletes. ​ This is where the role of the athletic tra...

In this episode we sit down with one of our own hosts, Austin Fitzpatrick. Austin is working his way through his second year in his MSAT program. We sat down to reflect on how the first year went and what Austin has taken away from the first year and how he believes all the experiences have come together to form his program. We also revisit Austin’s responses to our (modified) AT Chat questions. W...

This episode is a cross over from our parent podcast, Clinically Pressed. It is a feature with Shawn Eno of Xtreme Footwerks and he is discussing the pathology of Plantar Fasciitis. Shawn discusses what the true presentation of the injury is and that not all pain on the bottom of the foot is an injury to the plantar fascia. Along with describing the entire pathology of the injury Sean also gives s...

Kyle Rutledge is an athletic trainer working in a role that cares for both high school and junior high school athletes. Kyle has had a unique journey to get to where he is currently and has experienced some unique settings. Kyle discusses working in a chiropractic office and doing outreach at the same time and how that increased his knowledge and ability when it comes to rehabilitation. We also ta...

Rick Cox is the Head Athletic Trainer and strength coach at Suffolk University. Rick has held this role at a couple different locations and settings and has used it to his advantage to help care for student-athletes.  In this episode we dig into how the two roles compliment each other and how Rick uses his time in the weight room to not only help train the athletes and help them achieve their...

Athletic tape (and all the other variations) are a staple of the athletic training profession. It is used every day and in a variety of situations. It started with just a couple of options for the professional to choose from but now the options are endless. There are over 40 versions of white tape alone. In this episode we talk again with Richard Avis of Mueller Sports Medicine about all the quali...

ESPN recently put out an article and video on Outside the Lines highlighting some of the issues that come along when coaches clout starts to influence how athletic trainers do their job. The story was based on a survey by the NATA looking at athletic training interaction with coaches and administrators and how that effected their ability to practice and if there was any interference. The results w...

We hope everyone had a great NATA Week out in Vegas. Our friends at Mueller Sports Medicine were there and talking with all the athletic trainers they can. Not just to sell them something but because they want to know what athletic trainers need and what they think for new products. Seriously, they actually want to listen. This year Mueller is highlighting athletic training kits and they have some...

Andrea Wyttenbach is the Director of Institutional Sales at Mueller Sports Medicine in Prarie Du Sac, WI. We made the trip down to Mueller to kick off our collaboration with Athletic Training Chat to promote athletic trainers across the country and the world. In this short episode we talk with Andrea about the founding and creation of Mueller Sports Medicine and why they have such a focus on and p...

Guido Van Ryssegem is a certified athletic training along with a registered nurse among so many other things. Guido has a really unique story to getting where he is. That has led him to finding a really deep and unique way to look at movement and athletic training. Guido focuses on proprioception, dynamic systems theory and other high level movement concepts when working with his athletes. In this...

Jenn is currently an instructor at Kansas State University in their athletic training program as well in their undergraduate kinesiology program. Education wasn’t always the path for Jenn going from a smaller division school to working with some of the top track athletes in the world in graduate school. In this episode we discuss how the career path that she has taken has set her up to reach where...

Andy Baker left the world and the profession too soon. Andy was an amazing person, a fantastic friend and the utmost profession. Through all of Andy’s work and involvement he touched the lives of so many. We can only begin to think about all the things Andy has done and the people he has influenced in a positive way throughout his lifetime. Someone who will readily admit they should get a gold med...

Mark Hinton is one of the best in country (if not more) when it comes to treating track and field athletes. Mark has worked with some of the highest level athletes not only in the country but on the world stage. Mark is the guy that when I needed an idea to try out to help an athlete I would look to him to see what he was doing. In this episode we talk how Mark’s treatment philosophy has evolved o...

Andrea Dosedla MS, ATC, LAT is an industrial athletic trainer. Andrea has a great story about how she got involved int this upcoming meeting of athletic training. It often is the random encounters and exchanges that can yield the best opportunities.  Since that time Andrea hasn’t stopped and has continue to build a great program in the industrial setting.  We discuss how rewarding this s...